Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-09-10

is to be doneF he asked
"Die," she said, fiercely: II meant to die
why did you not let me die2 Ours is a posi-
ton that only death can set straight"
Don't be alarmed" be said, your desire
will soon be gratiiied; those numbering vii
lains will hunt US up presently"
The bed and banks Of the river were
clothed with thin layers OF mist, but as the
sun gathered power these lifted. The spot
where they had gone ashore was about 800
yards below that where the Two Beers and
their horses had been destroyed by the light
ming on the previous night. Seeing the mist
lift, John insisted upon jess crouching with
him behind a rock, so that they could look
up and down the river without being seen
themselves. Presently he made out the
forms of two horses grazing about 200 yards
away.
"Ah," he said II thought SO; the devil,
have off saddled there. Thank heaven, have
still got my revolver and the cartridges are
wat r tight. | mean to sell our lives as dearly
as l can"
"Why, john" cried Jess, following the line
of his outstretched hand, "thooe are not the
Beers horses; they are our two leaders that
broke loose i'll the water Look, their collars
are still on"
IL
can catch them without being caught our
selves, we have a chance of getting out of
this"
well, there is no cover about, and can't
see any signs of Beers. They must have
been sure of having killed us and gone away"
John looked round and for the first time a
sense of hope began to creep into his heart
Perhaps they would survive, after all.
Lets go up and see. Ii is no good stopping
lIere; we must get some food somewhere l
eel as weak a cat"
She rose without a word. and, taking his
and, they advanced together along the
auk. They had not gone twenty yards be-
ore John gave an exclamation of Joy and
yl,shed at something white that had stuck in
Some reeds It was the basket of food which
had been given to them 10y the innkeeper's
wife at Heidelberg. 1t had been washed out
of the cart and, as the lid was fastened,
nothing had been lost out of it. He undid it.
There was the bottle of three star brandy un-
touched, also most of the eggs, meat and
bread, which last was, of course, sodden and
worthless. 1t did not take long to get the
cork out, and then John filed a broken wIne-
glass there was in the basket half full of
water and half of brandy, and made jess
drink it, with the result that she began to
look little less like a corpse, Next ne re-
peated the process twice on his own account,
and instantly felt as though new life was
flowing into him. Then they went cautiously
on.
The horses allowed them to catch them
without trouble, and did not appear to be any
thn worse for their adventure, though tht
flank Of one was grazed by bullet.
There is tree there where the bank
shelves over; we had better tie the horses up
| dress and get some breakfast" said John, al.
most cheerfully; and accordingly they pro-
ceeded thther Suddenly John, who was
ahead, started back with an exclamation OF
fear, and the horses began to snort, for there
stark and stiff in death, and already swollen
and diScolored by decomposiUion-as is some.
times the case with people killed by Lightning
the rifles in their hands twisted and fused
their clothes cut and blown from the bodies
by the explosion of the cartridges in their
bandoers-lay the two Beers themselves. II
was a terrifying sight, and taken in conjunc.
tIon with their own remarkable escape, one
to make the most careless and skeptical re-
fleet.
"And yet there are people who say that
there is no such thing as a God and no pun
iShment for wicke,lnesS," said John aloud.